In tandem with the launch of the Food+Tech Job Board, we are thrilled to launch the Food Startup Growth Series. This series will give you an inside look at the strategies, challeng[...]
In the recent history of fine dining, there have been a handful of notable dishes that transcend the table and make a statement about how our food system should operate. To name a [...]
The Future of Protein Dinner explores innovations in protein production & consumption from grass-fed & plant-based proteins to insects & cellular agriculture.[...]
AgTech innovation is on fire. From vertical farming and aquaponics to open-source farming and farm management, there is a growing crop of startups using data and technology to make[...]
Amid the CA drought, using data from the UNESCO Institute for Water Education & the Water Footprint Network, this graphic explores the water footprints of our food. [...]
A whopping 42 new funding opportunities launched in 2014 including 21 investment funds, 15 accelerators and corporate incubators and 6 crowdfunding platforms.[...]
Adam Eskin on democratizing farm-to-table, Food Tank on how tech helps farmers prosper, Brian Witlin on using data to incentivize healthy eating and much more. [...]
The number of new food and agriculture investment funds nearly doubled from 2013 to 2014. Here's a rundown of the food and ag funds that launched last year.[...]
In honor of World Water Day, we’re highlighting 6 game-changing water-focused agricultural technologies (and one accelerator program) that are helping famers of all sizes to reduce[...]
Every week we curate and deliver the latest food tech news, trends and startup resources to our readers’ inboxes. We track the top technology and innovation happenings across agric[...]
Every week we curate and deliver the latest food tech news, trends and startup resources to our readers’ inboxes. We track the top technology and innovation happenings across agric[...]
From new investment funds to accelerator programs to crowdfunding platforms, 26 new private food and agriculture funding sources launched over the past year. We’ve compiled t[...]
Interoperability of data and systems are virtually non-existent when it comes to agriculture. But one company hopes to change that. On Wednesday, AgSquared, providers of cloud-base[...]
On a large island in the Puget Sound, Farmstead Meatsmith is helping to revive traditional animal husbandry. Brandon and Lauren Sheard, the husband and wife team at its helm, harve[...]
There is an interesting race heating up in the payments and POS arena, with major players unveiling new solutions to own the register of the local merchant.[...]
What’s the difference between Grade A, organic, natural and free-range eggs? Amongst a sea of misleading food labels, Buying Poultry hopes to take the guess-work out of choosing th[...]
The USAID recently held a hackathon focused on improving food security in developing nations. Many of the projects exhibited innovative uses of data, technology and mapping in orde[...]
The USDA is asking developers to create web-based tools and apps that make it easier for farmers, ranchers and others affected by the drought to get information on drought conditio[...]
This coming weekend, USAID is holding its first hackathon, Hacking for Hunger. It’s a chance for technologists, subject experts and others to build applications that a[...]
At the July Food+Tech Meetup, the theme was distribution — more efficiently getting food from farm to fork. Presenters from three startups outlined how they are tackli[...]
Consumers will likely be facing increased food prices of 4 to 5 percent in 2013 – as opposed to the average inflation of 2.5 to 3.5 percent – according to Consum[...]
Fujitsu announced yesterday that it will be launching “Akisai,” a cloud-based platform to improve management of Japan’s food and agriculture industries, this Octo[...]